Keynote Speakers
Prof.dr.ir. C.P.A. (Kees) Wapenaar
Prof.dr.ir. C.P.A. (Kees) Wapenaar
Emeritus Professor, Section of Applied Geophysics and Petrophysics, Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Kees Wapenaar received a Ph.D. (1986, cum laude) in Applied Physics at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands. From 1986 until 1999 he was associate professor and co-project leader of the Delphi research consortium in the Department of Applied Physics at TU Delft. In 1999 he was appointed Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor in the Department of Geoscience and Engineering. From 2002 until 2022 he has been head of the Geophysics and Petrophysics research group at that department. Since 2022 he is emeritus professor in the same group. His research interests include wave theory and its applications in seismic imaging and interferometric methods. He received SEG’s best paper in GEOPHYSICS award (2006), the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal (2010), EAGE’s Conrad Schlumberger Award (2013) and an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Union (2016). From 2007 until 2009 he served as Editor-in-Chief of GEOPHYSICS.
SONG HOU
SONG HOU
Head of AI Lab, Viridien
Dr. Song Hou is the Head of the AI Lab at Viridien, where he leads a global team advancing geoscience workflows through cutting-edge artificial intelligence, with recent focus areas including large language models and AI agents. He holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Edinburgh, has authored over 50 publications, and holds more than 10 patents. Dr. Hou is passionate about driving innovation at the intersection of AI and Earth sciences.
claudio strobbia
claudio strobbia
Chief Research Scientist and CEO, RealtimeSeismic
Claudio is a research and operations geoscientist with broad interests in exploration seismology, exploration geophysics, and earthquake seismology. A solution-oriented data geoscientist, he is passionate about exploring diverse fields and applications, with a particular focus on land seismology and complex exploration datasets.
In addition to his scientific work, Claudio is also an entrepreneur. As Chief Research Scientist at RealTimeSeismic, he leads the development of innovative technologies for the geosciences.
Over the past fifteen years, his research has centered on geophysics, signal processing, inverse problems, wave physics, data acquisition, and data processing. He also has experience and interests in system identification, dynamic laboratory testing, earthquake engineering, geotechnical earthquake engineering, and risk analysis. His work has contributed to scientific and commercial advancements in seismic acquisition, data conditioning and processing, near-surface geophysics, and surface wave analysis.
He regularly serves as a reviewer for scientific journals, enjoys developing training modules and educational content, and is passionate about teaching.
